7.0/101 votes#1 - The Covetous Headsman
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1962
A girl going to see her brother discovers him murdered.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: Leslie Charteris
7.0/101 votes#2 - The Girl Who Liked GI's
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/15/1961
Drake is assigned to investigate the murder of a young G.I. in Munich. He was last seen in the company of a young German girl, Vicki. Was she involved in the plot? Drake, posing as an American soldier, must find the answer.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#3 - The Conspirators
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/5/1961
John Drake's assignment takes him to a small island off the coast of Brittany. He must protect Lady Lindsay, widow of a British diplomat, and her two young sons, from two killers.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#4 - The Gallows Tree
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 4/9/1961
John Drake travels to the Scottish Highlands when the fingerprints of a stolen car belong to a master spy believed to have been killed ten years earlier.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: Marc Brandel
7.0/101 votes#5 - The Actor
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 6/11/1961
Drake travels to Hong Kong to investigate the murder of a sound technician working for a radio station. He uncovers a plot where the secret information is being sent out in code over the air, transmitted as part of the station's English lessons.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: Marc Brandel
7.0/101 votes#6 - The Professionals
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/1964
Drake is targeted by a Czech spymaster who uses a beautiful young woman to ensnare his enemies.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: Wilfred Greatorex
7.0/101 votes#7 - Don't Nail Him Yet
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/22/1964
Drake poses as a put-upon schoolteacher to win the confidence of a suspected spy.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#8 - It's Up to the Lady
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/23/1965
Drake follows a couple on the run to Greece to prevent them from defecting.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#9 - The Mirror's New
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/9/1965
A British diplomat in Paris goes missing for a day, but can't seem to remember what happened.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#10 - The Black Book
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1965
Drake goes undercover to discover who is blackmailing a general's brother.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#11 - The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/30/1965
Drake must free a captured British spymaster before he sellls his secrets.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#12 - Someone is Liable to Get Hurt
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/6/1966
A mysterious woman, an ancient prison cell and a gun-runner - a recipe for disaster.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votes#13 - Koroshi
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/1968
A young Japanese woman dies by inhaling gas from an artificial flower before she can report the existence of a Japanese death cult to her British contact. Drake infiltrates the cult as a journalist reporting on a floral festival.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: Norman Hudis
6.0/101 votes#14 - Shinda Shima
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/12/1968
Drake infiltrates the killers' headquarters by taking the place of a British electronics expert hired by the Sect.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: Norman Hudis
5.8/102 votes#15 - The Talented Husband
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/1962
Simon encounters a man whose first two wives died mysteriously.
Director: Michael Truman
Writer: Jack Sanders
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"The Covetous Headsman" is the best rated episode directed by Michael Truman. It scored 7/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Leslie Charteris. It aired on 10/25/1962 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Girl Who Liked GI's".